Over the past several years, I've regularly had people come to me with ideas or actual domain names that they want to build out into real businesses. I have two in my Inbox right now. So rather than continue to answer each one one-by-one, I thought it would be helpful to just go ahead and put it in an article. If you can already build you own site, this article isn't for ... Keep reading »
I presented on one of the Elite Retreat mastermind calls a few weeks ago, and someone asked a question along the lines of what kinds of sites I buy or what I look for in a site. Maybe counter-intuitively, my answer was that I like ugly sites -- but ugly sites where the ugly is only skin deep. That's because you can see a stunning amount of improvement when you put a better face on a site that is otherwise ... Keep reading »
Last week, Jeremy from Wildfire Marketing Group commented on my post about local internet marketing. I had written that local business owners had no excuse for having an ugly site when great designs could be had from 99designs for less than $1,000. As a web designer, Jeremy took extreme exception to that and understandly so. I owned Unmatched Style for a long time, and the "no spec" issue is one that I became very familiar with. Jeremy ... Keep reading »
I'm frequently asked some form of this question: I want to make a living online, but I'm just starting out. What's the number one skill I should develop? There are many skills that you can make a living online with -- there's no magic combination -- so I think I've answered most often that you should just try out several different things and see which you like and are the best at. However, I have realized that there is indeed one skill ... Keep reading »